Thumatha fuscescens

Thumatha fuscescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Thumatha
Species: T. fuscescens
Binomial name
Thumatha fuscescens
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Scaeodora rava Lucas, 1890
  • Thumatha rava

Thumatha fuscescens is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Australia, South-East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Comoros, La Réunion, Madagascar and Gabon.[1][2]

Description

Wingspan is 16mm. Male has pale reddish brownish body. Fore wings possess traces of antemedial and postmedial waved lines. There is a black spot at end of cell and a spot on the costa before apex. Sub-marginal and marginal specks series present.[3]

Larva known to feeds on lichens and mosses.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. afromoths.net
  2. "Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866". African moths. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. "Thumatha Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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